
****
gen asiapacific=.


replace asiapacific=1 if country=="Afghanistan" | country=="Azerbaijan" | country=="Australia" | country=="Bangladesh" | country== "Bhutan" | country== "Armenia"
replace asiapacific=1 if country=="Brunei Darussalam" | country=="Burma" | country=="Cambodia" | country=="China" | country== "Timor-Leste"
replace asiapacific=1 if country=="Fiji" | country=="Georgia" | country=="India" | country=="Indonesia" | country== "Iran (Islamic Republic of)"
replace asiapacific=1 if country=="Japan" | country=="Kazakhstan" | country=="Kiribati" | country=="Kyrgyzstan" | country== "Lao People's Democratic Republic"

replace asiapacific=1 if country=="Malaysia" | country=="Maldives" | country=="Marshall Islands" | country=="Micronesia (Federated States of)" | country== "Mongolia"
replace asiapacific=1 if country=="Nepal" | country=="New Zealand" | country=="Democratic People's Republic of Korea" | country=="Pakistan" | country== "Palau"
replace asiapacific=1 if country=="Papua New Guinea" | country=="Philippines" | country=="Russian Federation" | country=="Samoa" | country== "Singapore"
replace asiapacific=1 if country=="Solomon Islands" | country=="Republic of Korea" | country=="Sri Lanka" | country=="Tajikistan" | country== "Thailand"

replace asiapacific=1 if country=="Tonga" | country=="Turkey" | country=="Uzbekistan" | country=="Vanuatu" | country== "Viet Nam"


gen westasia=.
replace westasia=1 if country=="Bahrain" | country=="Egypt" | country=="Iraq" | country=="Jordan" | country== "Kuwait" | country== "Lebanon"
replace westasia=1 if country=="Morocco" | country=="Oman" | country=="Qatar" | country=="Saudi Arabia" | country== "Sudan"
replace westasia=1 if country=="Syrian Arab Republic" | country=="Tunisia" | country=="United Arab Emirates" | country=="Yemen" 
